[SFDXA] Harry K. Wolf, W6NKT, SK at 107; May Have Been World’s Oldest Active Radio Amateur

[Bill]

_From Tony N2MFT:_


    Harry K. Wolf, W6NKT, SK at 107; May Have Been World’s Oldest Active
    Radio Amateur

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Harry K. Wolf, W6NKT, of Morro Bay, California, has died. Just a couple 
of weeks short of his 108th birthday, Wolf /may/ have been the oldest 
active radio amateur in the US, if not in the world, although no 
official records are maintained. Licensed since 1936, Wolf was an ARRL 
member and a Life Member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association 
(*QCWA* <http://www.qcwa.org/>). Wolf was on the air daily, mostly on 
40-meter CW.

Born in Paso Robles, California, Wolf said in his QRZ.com profile that 
he built his first radio as a young teenager in 1922. He got his ham 
ticket while living in Arizona, and held the call sign W6NKT for his 
entire life.

While serving in the US Navy during World War II, Wolf taught navigation 
to cadets in San Luis Obispo, California. Later, he served for 31 years 
as a professor of electronics engineering at two University of 
California campuses, retiring in 1973. Wolf was the founding advisor of 
the Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club and signed the club’s original charter 
in 1947; in 2009, he donated a Yaesu FTDX-9000D transceiver to the club. 
After retiring, Wolf went to Hong Kong Polytechnic for 4 years and 
operated as VS6GF. His nephew, Tim Bryan, said his uncle also taught in 
Tanzania. After returning to the US, he lived in Florida until 1994, 
when he returned to Morro Bay.

Bryan told ARRL that his uncle was raised on a ranch in the Geneseo area 
and was once known as the fastest grain sack sewer in San Luis Obispo 
County, demonstrating the by-then lost art into his hundreds.

Neal Swanberg, KG6AYI, who is secretary of the Estero Radio Club, said 
Wolf last checked into the county net in late November. “We will all 
miss Harry’s bright smile and good humor,” he said. A memorial service 
is set for Saturday, January 28, at the *Morro Bay Golf Course* 
<http://www.golfmorrobay.com/>./— Thanks to Tim Bryan, Neal Swanberg, 
KG6AYI, and Marcel Stieber, AI6MS/


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